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Russian Man Turns Tables on Bank, Changes Small Print in Credit Card Agreement, Then Sues

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In Soviet Russia, it's the banks that pay customers' bills. Or, at least, one might. An interesting case has surfaced in Voronezh, Russia, where a man is suing a bank for more then 24 million Russian rubles (about $727,000) in compensation over a handcrafted document that was signed and recognized by the bank. A person who goes by name Dmitry Alexeev (his surname was changed by the first Russian outlet to publish this story) said that in 2008 he received a letter from Tinkoff Credit Systems in his mailbox. It was a credit card application form with an agreement contract enclosed, much like the applications Americans ... (full story)

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